How do we know that philosophy exists? A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. This page is a collection of questions. But where are the answers?
See also proverbs and quotes about questions.
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A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?
Drew BarrymoreAll television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?
Nicholas JohnsonAre we not like two volumes of one book?
Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreAre you nuts?
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van BeethovenBecause without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?
Melina MarchettaBut what is the chaff to the wheat?
Can computers think?
Can submarines swim?
(unknown author)Can submarines swim?
Can there anywhere be a breed of people more irritating and imbecilic than disc jockeys?
Bill BrysonSource: Lost Continent
Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?
Winnie the PoohDo men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Do pigs really like mud?
Frans de WaalDo polytheists have more wrong beliefs than monotheists?
Do you have to be black or white to play the blues?
Keith RichardsDoes a male cricket, for example, know that his chirping attracts females?
Frans de WaalDoes it never strike you as puzzling that it is wicked to kill one person, but glorious to kill ten thousand?
Steven PinkerDon't ya feel like cryin'?
The Rolling StonesSource: Lyrics: Cry to me.
Forget the past. What else is there to forget?
MinkukelHave you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?
Ellen HopkinsHow can you be burnt by chilies which you have not eaten?
How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?
Francis CrickHow do people make it through life without a sister?
Sara CorpeningHow do we know that philosophy exists?
MinkukelHow do you know that you know the stuff you think you know?
(unknown author)How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Bob DylanHow does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
How much of my brain tissue has to die before I die?
Steven PinkerSource: How the Mind Works
How real are you if Google can't find you?
Kees SchiphouwerHow should we conduct ourselves?
(unknown author)Philosophical question
How should we govern ourselves?
(unknown author)Philosophical question
I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?
Chuang TsuI'm not a fatalist; even if I were, what could I do about it?
Emo PhilipsIf a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
Albert EinsteinIf a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
(unknown author)If everybody is a Facebook friend, what is an actual friend?
Alissa QuartIf life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?
Erma BombeckIf the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?
If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?
Tom BarrettIf there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott AdamsIf tomatoes are technically a fruit, is ketchup a smoothie?
(unknown author)If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?
Frans de WaalIf you are intelligent you are clever, so if you are stupid you are telligent?
MinkukelIf you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?
ShantidevaIf you can talk about it, why paint it?
Francis BaconIf you don't need a mask because God will protect you, why do you need a gun?
(unknown author)If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?
Steven WrightIs happiness just chemicals flowing through your brain or something more?
(unknown author)Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?
J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Hobbit - Chapter 5 - Riddles in the Dark
Quoted: Gollum
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheIs man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?
Friedrich NietzscheIs the glass half empty or half full?
A rhetorical question to indicate that there could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty).